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- [knish]
- /knɪʃ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [knish]
- /knɪʃ/
Definitions of knish word
- noun knish a fried or baked turnover or roll of dough with a filling, as of meat, kasha, or potato, often eaten as an appetizer or snack. 1
- noun knish A dumpling of dough that is stuffed with a filling and baked or fried. 1
- noun knish a piece of dough stuffed with potato, meat, or some other filling and baked or fried 0
- noun knish a piece of thin rolled dough folded over a filling, as of mashed potatoes or chopped meat, and baked 0
- noun knish An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough. 0
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Origin of knish
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
1925-30; < Yiddish < Polish knysz
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Parts of speech for Knish
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
knish popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
knish usage trend in Literature
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